Longwood Men's Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Longwood Lancers
 
Big South (21-13, 6-10)
 
 
Big Wins: at High Point (80-79), vs UNC Asheville (85-59)
Bad Losses: at Charleston Southern (77-83), USC Upstate (64-69)
Coach: Griff Aldrich
 
Probable Starters:
Jesper Granlund, Senior, Forward, 4.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg
Michael Christmas, Senior, Forward, 11.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Szymon Zapala, Junior, Center, 9.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Walyn Napper, Senior, Guard, 14.6 ppg, 4.6 apg, 4.0 rpg, 1.6 spg
DA Houston, Senior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 2.2 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Emanuel Richards, Freshman, Guard, 4.4 ppg
Johnathan Massie, Junior, Guard, 11.4 ppg, 1.8 apg, 5.3 rpg
Elijah Tucker, Sophomore, Forward, 8.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.6 (121st in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.9 (69, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.6 (122, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.6 (168, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.8 (314, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.3 (166, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.1 (302, 6)
Rebound Margin: 9.2 (4, 1)
Assists Per Game: 12.9 (198, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.5 (250, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022NCAARound of 64 loss to Tennessee
2019CBIFirst Round win over Southern Mississippi
2019CBIQuarterfinal loss to DePaul
 
*all team stats through 3/10